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Originally Posted by SteveD
Um, Talisman 2nd ed had 12 characters in it. If you add the expansions, it had hundreds, but you can't compare 2nd ed + a dozen expansions with 4th ed.
Also, it is in fact much easier to balance 14 characters than hundreds.
My real worries are the item misbalance - the Wand was devestating (you'd just cast spells until you hit the good ones), the Runesword was a game winner (you become almost immortal) and the Mule was so important we gave one to everyone at the start of each game.
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Since I didn't play Talisman before the expansions came out, that's pretty much all I have to compare it with...
Yes, it *should* be easier to balance 14 characters, than hundreds...
But, that doesn't always mean that the Game Designer *will* do a good job of balancing those characters, 'easy' or not!